As the interstate system grew towards completion a vast network of US Routes fell into obscurity, routes that had been the arterial system of commerce and tourism for almost 70 years were suddenly forgotten. If you travel along these formerly busy back-roads you will find life continues. You see relics of a grander and sometimes gaudier past. A generation of Americans travelled these forgotten ways, the great dust bowl, the great depression, the mobilisation for a second world war, all here, all now a bit over-grown and over-looked as Americans hurtle past at 70 or more miles per hour on a four lane super highway with no need to stop and get directions or spend the night.

Route 66 is perhaps the most well known of these Lost American Highways, but by no means the only one. I hope to take you on a tour of the forgotten America that you still find today along US Routes 1, 3, 52, 60, and 66. There are a fair amount of ghost towns, ghost stories, abandoned buildings, abandoned mines, hot dog, hamburger, and doughnut shaped buildings, tourist traps, gyp joints, greasy spoons, mom & pop motels, and enough Americana to fill ten life times.



Let's for a minute pretend it is 1934 and we don't have to hurry so much; because it seems to me the tighter we clutch time, the less we have. So, slow down, take in the sights, and enjoy things a little more.